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find the edge of LA

Posted by Kashima on August 10, 2005

Could someone help me what "find the edge of this city(Los Angeles)" mean in the following conversation by a father who lives in LA and a successful son who is now building a huge house in Hollywood Hills:

A(son) :Do you like LA?
B(father):Do I like LA? If I could find the edge of this town, I'd leave it. But you are the edge of this town now, and you are everywhere.

In this case, does "edge of this town" mean the high-class residential district? Is the father saying that if he was able to succeed and find a house in the outskirts of LA where the rich live, he would have left LA (downtown or wherever he is living).